What makes a good news organization?
1. The requirements to call oneself a “new organization” should be set by private citizens in their capacity as consumers of the news, and not the government.
2. Journalism should be reporting “just the facts.”
3. Goodjournalism is reporting all the relevantfacts, so readers can form their own opinion.
4. News reporting should not replace the opinions of “experts” at the expense of the facts (experts can be called in to give their educated opinions on facts when necessary.)
The problem with the lack of trust in traditional media outlets is that verification is time-consuming in a division of labor society, where the amount of information is greater than the time available for a single individual to examine it.
When trust is lost it’s hard to get it back.
1. The requirements to call oneself a "new organization" should be set by private citizens in their capacity as consumers of the news, and not the government.
2. Journalism should be reporting "just the facts."
3. Good journalism is reporting all the relevant facts, so readers…
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